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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Recipe for Spirituality - Humility, Humor & Hope,
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This review is from: Throw Your Feet Over Your Shoulders: Beyond the Kindertransport (Hardcover)
I couldn't put this book down. I held my breath in suspenseful sections, while crying and laughing aloud in others. The author writes with an inspirational humility - imagine after undergoing being buried alive in snow and spending many nights in an overcrowded bomb shelter - to still question whether presently her uneasiness in certain confining quarters could be evidence of a lack of faith. Her reflections are those of a person whose family's faith was so strong - it continues to support her regardless of whether her ancestors are but fragile treasured memories with whom she has not had physical contact since she was six years old. If this child/author had the courage to live her life with spirit, spirituality, humor, intelligence and courage, how proud would her parents be - who had the foresight and faith to send her with the Kindertransport exactly so she would be able to live a meaningful life which she shares with her family and community! Most importantly, this book gave me hope and inspired me to seek spirituality in my own life regardless of what life may bring me!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A MUST READ !!,
By Elaine Reiman "Elaine Reiman" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Throw Your Feet Over Your Shoulders: Beyond the Kindertransport (Hardcover)
It is 1938, in Vienna, after Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria. In December, Frieda Stolzberg, six years old, and her three siblings are put on a Kindertransport - destination, London. Her father, Rabbi Nissan Stolzberg, has been in touch with Rabbi Schonfeld in England and strongly feels this is the best hope for his children's survival. He is strong and stoic, while their mother and paternal grandmother are visibly tortured by the decision. The children never see their family again. What follows is Frieda's account of her life and that of her siblings from 1938 through the war years and after.
The book is so beautifully written and so vividly described that I was immediately drawn to its core. I was able to vicariously share the joyous and sorrowful episodes. The events which precipitate stories such as this belong to a very dark period in Jewish as well as world history and I expected this might be a tearful journey. On the contrary, Frieda Korobkin's book, full of youthful innocence, wonder, and a desire to live life to the fullest, is positive, warm, and uplifting. I have read it twice and plan to reread it again and again. I highly recommend it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Inspiring Memoir,
This review is from: Throw Your Feet Over Your Shoulders: Beyond the Kindertransport (Hardcover)
The book is a powerfully moving and inspirational saga of a young child rescued from the cauldron of hate and desperation in Europe in the 1930's through the indefatigable efforts of Rabbi Sholom Schonfeld and the Kindertransport, to safe haven in England for the duration of WWII
The author's challenging sojourns in England, Israel and the US are eloquently and vividly described and her book deserves a significant place in the archives of literature covering the most heinous and horrific period in the history of mankind.
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